Improvement in



F. W. HUDSON.

Improvement in Apple Parers.

No, 124,272. P'tentedmarch5,1872.

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FREDERICK W. HUDSON, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPLE-PARERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,272, dated March 5, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. HUnsoN, of Leominster, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apple-Parers 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l represents a plan view of my improved apple-parer. Fig. 2 represents a front view or elevation of the same.

In apple-paring machines of the ordinary construction, wherein the gear which carries the knife-arm is arranged in a horizontal position, and the knife moves around the apple in a horizontal plane, the parings and juice from the apples often fall upon the gear, and cause much annoyance by the parings becoming wound in between the gears and pinions of the machine, while the juice dries onto the parts of the machine, and is with difficulty removed. To obviate this source of difficulty, and to produce an apple-parer in which the-parin gs and juice shall fall clear of the machine, is the object of my present invention; which invention consists in the peculiar combination and relative arrangement of the various parts of the machine, as hereinafter described'.

In the drawing, the parts marked A indicate the supporting-frame, which is made of metal, in the peculiar form shown. It is secured to the corner of the table B by means of the setscrew C at the lower end ofthe frame A, and has two bearing-lugs, a a, which rest on the top surface of the table, thus giving a firm and substantial support thereon. D indicates the apple-supporting fork, fixed to the end of the spindle D1, and revolved by means of the pinion D2 from the driving-gear E. Spindle D1 is arranged through bearings d d at the front end of the frame A. F indicates the knife-arm gear, which is supported in an upright position on an arm, A', which projects from the side ofthe frame A, as illustrated. The knifearm gear F is connected for operation to the pinion E1 on the end of the driving-gear spindle E2 by an intermediate pinion, G, so that the gear F and knife-arm H are caused to revolve in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 2, when the machine is in motion. The knife-arm H is hinged to the gear F and furnished with a spring, f, for holding lts end in contact with the apple, the position of the latter being indicated by the dotted circle. The rear end of the arm H extends through the body of the gear F, and works on the guiderim I on the frame A1, to give the knife K the proper motion. The knife K is secured, by a screw, m, in the end of the arm H, in the position shown, its cutting-edge being to the rear; and when the machine is in operation, the apple revolves toward the front, and the knife K revolves around the apple in a vertical plane, moving up in contactwith the apple as it passes over the top, and moving away from the apple as it passes beneath the lower side. The paring is cut off and passes over to the front of the apple, and, as the knife leaves the apple, is swung outward, a-nd drops to the floor, or into some suitable receptacle, without coming into contact with any portion of the machine, while any juice which may drop from the knife or apple falls directly downward into the receptacle, thus preserving all parts of the machine in a neat and clean condition, while the gears and pinions are unobstructed by chips or parings.

Having described my improved apple-parer, what I claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The apple-supportin g fork and its spindle D, arranged to revolve in a horizontal position, and the gear F, arranged to revolve in a vertical position, in combination with the frame A, knife and knife-arm, guide I, and gearing for communicating motion to said spindle and gear, substantially as shown and set forth.

FREDERICK W. HUDSON.

Witnesses:

MARY B. PRIEST, GILMAN F. MOORE. 

